Changes

• Ended Winter Wonderland Event! (earned santa hats, top hats, candy canes, and reindeer costumes stay of course)
• You can no longer build behemoth gates/gate-frames on dino platforms, and any such behemoth gates already built on platforms are destroyed

Fixes/Improvements

• Fixed PvP Friendly Fire causing fall/self damage not to occur
• Improved Server Performance

Server

• Tamed Dino Balance Adjustment
• INI Options for server admins to scale tamed dino stats:
  Values we currently have defaulted, in content which server admins can override in their INI’s (setting all the values to 0 will have it behave ‘like it used to be’!):
  WindowsServer\Game.ini
  (or LinuxServer)
  [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]
  ;0: Health
  ;8: Damage
  ;Multiplier immediately added for tamed dino
  PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Add[0] = 0.15f;
  PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Add[8] = 0.15f;

  ;Multiplier applied if perfect affinity
  PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Affinity[0] = 0.375f;
  PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Affinity[8] = 0.375f;

  ;Multiplier applied for each TAMED level-up point
  PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[0] = 0.15f;
  PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[8] = 0.15f;

230.1

Fixes

• Fixed Hat/Accessory Sockets on Procoptodon
• Fixed Server executable to not load old ‘seekfree’ content (server-side update).
• Fixes servers not seeing new dinos/Procoptodon saddle, etc.

230.2

• Fixed a case where Canteens could become ‘broken’ by Water Taps (requires server update)
• Fixed a server startup crash related to uninstalling mods

230.3

• Fixed Procoptodon Speed Stat for real (requires server update)
• Fixed underwater ambience sound

229.1

• Fixed ARK New Year Event particles
• Fixed ARK New Year Event being visible on Mac/Linux
• Fixed application of Speed Stat on Procoptodon (requires server update to v229.1)
  

230

• Fixed Procoptodon pouch dismounting thru walls
• Fixed some DC & Dino Spawn issues, Ended New Year Event
• Cut down on some inefficient media to improve memory usage

New

• ARK: Happy First (Half) Year! Event (be logged into your Official server at Midnight Eastern time as the ball fully drops to get your rewards!). Server admins can initiate a 12 hour countdown with “cheat ce doball”
• New Creature: Procoptodon!

Changes

• Warmed Up Winter Wonderland by 25%
• Added 15 more slots to Smithy Inventory

Fix

• Fixed Map Extensions (Mods like Pandora Isles that extend the ARK Island) on Linux Servers

228.5

• Server executable update to fix loading of ‘map extensions’ (such as Pandora Isles ) when using the ARK Server Manager Tool. (i.e. fixes collisions on the Pandora Isles)

228.6

• Added more hooks for ‘Naughty or Nice’ Total Conversion

228.3

• Fixed issue where dinos could ‘flee’ for much longer than intended

228.4

• Fixed (protected) crash that could potentially occur related to Reflection Capture Components
• Added hooks for SotF “Naughty or Nice” 100v100 game mode
• INI Option for PvP Friendly Fire Disabling:
  WindowsServer\Game.ini
  (or LinuxServer)
  [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]
  bDisableFriendlyFire=true

Changes

• Increased Mistletoe drop rate 2x
• DodoRex takes 166 coal to summon

Fixes

• PvE no longer get affected by enemy poison grenades
• Non-Winter creature spawns are fixed (Trikes, Pteros, etc)
• Non-Primitive Item Drops removed from Primitive servers (retroactive, any ‘hidden’ engram will be destroyed and not dropped anymore)
• Wild Dino AI will now flee if stuck, can’t reach target, or low on torpor
• Fixed sluggish movement that could occur when on the back of Platform Saddles

Server

• INI Options for server admins to scale tamed dino stats (for experimentation of balance).
  Example values that we’re currently considering:
  WindowsServer\Game.ini
  (or LinuxServer)
  [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]
  PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Add[0] = 0.2f;
  PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Affinity[0] = 0.4f;
  PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[0] = 0.4f;
  PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Add[8] = 0.2f;
  PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Affinity[8] = 0.4f;
  PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[8] = 0.4f;

  Health: 0
  Stamina: 1
  Torpidity: 2
  Oxygen: 3
  Food: 4
  Water: 5
  Temperature: 6
  Weight: 7
  MeleeDamageMultiplier: 8
  SpeedMultiplier: 9
  TemperatureFortitude: 10

v228.0

• ARK: Winter Wonderland Event begins!
• Massively improved game loading speed, & streaming times (reduced hitches), by using “seek free” packages (Note: this has added approximately 10GB to the game installation size)
• Rendering, & streaming, & CPU optimizations from console work
• Capability for mods to overwrite or add-to the ARK Island maps, which enables much more dynamic map mods (stackable too!)

Unversioned Hotfix: Client-side fixed an issue with crops appearing ‘super tall’.

Unversioned Hotfix: Server-side fixed Electric Prod blueprint being dropped by Winter Wonderland presents. Is not intended to be released yet 😉

V228.1

• Fixed crash that servers could get with some mod uninstallations
• Made server fail to start if LandscapeSublevel is missing (e.g. due to a failed content update), as that could cause all creatures to fall through the world.